-Of cities De 3:5; Jos 6:26; 1Sa 23:7; 2Sa 18:24; 2Ch 8:5 -Made of iron Ac 12:10 -Made of wood Ne 1:3 -Made of brass Ps 107:16; Isa 45:2 -Double doors Isa 45:1; Eze 41:24 -The open square of, a place for idlers Ge 19:1; 1Sa 4:18; Ps 69:12; Pr 1:21; Jer 17:19, 20 -Religious services held at Ac 14:13 -The law read at Ne 8 -The place for the transaction of public business, announcement of legal transactions Ge 23:10, 16 -Conferences on public affairs Ge 34:20 -Holding courts of justice De 16:18; 21:19; 22:15; Jos 20:4; Ru 4:1; 2Sa 15:2; Pr 22:22; Zec 8:16 -Place for public concourse Ge 23:10; Pr 1:21; 8:3; Jer 14:2; 22:2 -Thrones of kings at 1Ki 22:10; 2Ch 18:9; Jer 38:7; 39:3 -Punishment of criminals outside of De 17:5; Jer 20:2; Ac 7:58; Heb 13:12 -Closed on the Sabbath Ne 13:19 -Guards at 2Ki 7:17; Ne 13:19, 22 -Jails made in the towers of Jer 20:2 -Bodies of criminals exposed to view at 2Ki 10:8 -FIGURATIVE .Of the people of a city Isa 3:26 .Of the gospel Isa 60:11 .Of the powers of hell (Hades) Mt 16:18 .Of death Job 38:17; Ps 9:13 .Of the grave Isa 38:10 .Of righteousness Ps 118:19 .Of salvation Ge 28:17; Ps 24:7; 118:19, 20; Isa 26:2; Mt 7:13 .Of death Isa 38:10 -SYMBOLICAL Re 21:12, 13, 21, 25 -One of the five chief cities of the Philistines Jos 13:3; 1Sa 6:17; Am 6:2; Mic 1:10 -Anakim, a race of giants, inhabitants of Jos 11:22 -Goliath lived in 1Sa 17:4; 1Ch 20:5-8 -Obed-edom belonged to 2Sa 6:10 -The ark of the covenant taken to 1Sa 5:8 -Inhabitants of, called GITTITES Jos 13:3 -David takes refuge at 1Sa 21:10-15; 27:2-7 -Band of Gittites, attached to David 2Sa 15:18-22 -Captured by David 1Ch 18:1 -Shimei's servants escape to 1Ki 2:39-41 -Fortified by Rehoboam 2Ch 11:8 -Captured by Hazael 2Ki 12:17 -Recovered by Jehoash 2Ki 13:25 -Besieged by Uzziah 2Ch 26:6 -Called METHEGAMMAH in 2Sa 8:1 -A city of Zebulun 2Ki 14:25 -1. A Levitical city of the tribe of Dan Jos 19:45 -2. A city of the tribe of Manasseh Jos 21:24, 25; 1Ch 6:69 .Also called BILEAM 1Ch 6:70 -1. Also called AZZAH .A city of the Philistines Jos 13:3; Jer 25:20 .One of the border cities of the Canaanites Ge 10:19 .A city of the Avim and Anakim De 2:23; Jos 11:22 .Allotted to Judah Jos 15:47; Jud 1:18 .A temple of Dagon, situated at Jud 16:23 .Samson dies at Jud 16:21-31 .On the western boundary of the kingdom of Israel in the time of Solomon 1Ki 4:24 .Struck by Pharaoh Jer 47:1 .Prophecies relating to Am 1:6, 7; Zep 2:4; Zec 9:5 .Desert of Ac 8:26-39 -2. A city of the tribe of Ephraim Jud 6:4; 1Ch 7:28 -Inhabitants of Gaza Jos 13:3 -Called GAZITES, in Jud 16:2 -Also called GEZER 2Sa 5:25; 1Ch 14:16 -1. A son of Caleb 1Ch 2:46 -2. A grandson of Caleb 1Ch 2:46 -One of the Nethinim Ezr 2:48; Ne 7:51
-(Also called GABA)
-A city of the tribe of Benjamin, assigned to the sons of Aaron
Jos 21:17;
1Sa 13:3;
2Sa 5:25;
1Ki 15:22;
2Ki 23:8;
1Ch 6:60;
8:6;
2Ch 16:6;
Ne 11:31;
12:29;
Isa 10:29;
Zec 14:10
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